18th volume with the Jump Anime Festa episode will be released on May 2

According to the listing on Amazon Japan, the 19th volume of the Shokugeki no Soma cooking battle manga series created by Yuto Tsukuda (story) and Shun Saeki (art) will be released in Japan on July 4, and its 3,240-yen special edition will come with an anime DVD. No details on the episode are available as of now.

It has been announced that the manga's 18th volume will be released on May 2 and its special edition will also come with a DVD containing the "Takumi no Shitamachi Gassen" episode featuring the Aldini brothers that was screened at Jump Special Anime Festa 2015 last November. Pre-orders will be accepted till February 29.